When there was no more
land to steal
and the people were made
wraiths
the last syllable of
the old tongue had been spoken
it was not enough.
Tag: colonialism
Imperialism
Modern television news-
a dirge of
bourgeoise society
dragged out
for 24 hours a day;
agony made spectacle
The collapse of yet another
African republic from
one half-century
of high tragedy
a brief slice
of the crawl
between news regarding
reagents centuries
past their place
but whose grandfathers
hold all the blame,
stowed in marble
sepulchers.
Unspoken Politics 